First Look: Steven Spielberg’s The BFG

The teaser trailer for Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated live-action blockbuster The BFG was released yesterday and fans are going crazy. Combining the talents of two of the world’s greatest storytellers, The BFG tells the story of a young girl and the Giant who shows her the wonders and perils of Giant Country.

Spielberg said:

“I think it was kind of genius of Roald Dahl to be able to empower the children. It was very, very brave of him to introduce that combination of darkness and light,’ and being able to do scary, but also be redemptive at the same time and teach a lesson, an enduring lesson, to everyone, it was a wonderful thing for Dahl to have done, and it was one of the things that attracted me to want to direct this Dahl book,”

The BFG (Mark Rylance), while a giant himself, is a Big Friendly Giant and nothing like the other inhabitants of Giant Country. Standing 24-feet tall with enormous ears and a keen sense of smell, he is endearingly dim-witted and keeps to himself for the most part. Giants like Bloodbottler (Bill Hader) and Fleshlumpeater (Jemaine Clement) are twice as big (and at least twice as scary) and have been known to eat humans. Upon her arrival in Giant Country, Sophie (Ruby Barnhill), a precocious 10-year-old girl from London, is initially frightened of the mysterious giant who has brought her to his cave. She soon comes to realise that the BFG is actually quite gentle and charming. Sophie’s presence in Giant Country has attracted the unwanted attention of the other giants and they depart for London to see the Queen (Penelope Wilton) and warn her of the precarious giant situation. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.

“It’s a story about friendship, it’s a story about loyalty and protecting your friends and it’s a story that shows that even a little girl can help a big giant solve his biggest problems.” – Spielberg

“The BFG” opens in UK and Irish cinemas on July 22nd 2016, the year that marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth. To stay up to date on all thing BFG check out Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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